WHAT IS THE MEANING, ORIGIN, AND USAGE OF WORD ‘FAUX’?

Meaning : This adjective means not real or genuine; made to look like something else that is usually more valuable; not sincere.

Origin: Faux is a word borrowed from French, and meant “false”. It was used in English in this sense since the 17th Century. Around the 1980s, it began to refer to anything that is fake.

Usage: It was a show of faux concern.

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